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A Disney, Nickelodeon & Cartoon Network Fan Site for KidsFri, 24 Oct 2014 00:40:40 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1CartoonJrhttps://feedburner.google.comPumpkin Stencils: Disney Pumpkin Carving Patternshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CartoonJr/~3/2yoWI67Jx-I/
http://www.cartoonjr.com/pumpkin-stencils-disney-pumpkin-carving-patterns/#commentsThu, 23 Oct 2014 23:59:52 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=26We can’t think of a better way for Disney lovers to celebrate Halloween than by carving a pumpkin with Disney characters! Here are seven original -drawn by me- Disney pumpkin patterns from Cartoon Jr., including Disney princesses and our favorite Disney villains. I am especially happy that I drew up a Maleficent pumpkin template now that the Maleficent movie has come out! Did you see it? It was the best movie the kids and I saw this summer. That isn’t actually saying much, since this summer was filled with horrible movies *cough Transformers 4 cough*.

More Disney Pumpkin Carving Patterns Straight from Disney!

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http://www.cartoonjr.com/coloring-pages-of-my-little-pony-equestria-girls-rainbow-rocks/#commentsThu, 14 Aug 2014 22:00:50 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=2870I noticed last week that the people behind the My Little Pony spinoff Equestria Girls are putting out a new movie called Rainbow Rocks. My kids are sadly a little too old for My Little Pony, which seemed to attract a whole new audience (and even a little street cred) with their Friendship is Magic show that started in 2010. The show – seemingly targeted to girls – actually has a small but loyal following of guys, who even have their own nickname, “Bronies”. The equestria girls are actually the My Little Pony characters that have crossed over into the human world and turned into their human counterparts.

Interestingly, I think this is the first time the My Little Pony franchise is appearing in theaters. It looks to be an extremely limited release, though – the movie comes out September 27, and just one month later on October 28th, it is being released on DVD. Here’s the official trailer that was shown at Comic-Con in July:

I admit – that trailer isn’t really very good. At all. The gist of the story is that the girls get into a rock n roll battle of the bands style conflict with a new nemesis, Adagio Dazzle. and their old nemesis, Sunset Shimmer, is catching on to the fact that the Equestria Girls are not ordinary ‘girls’. Here is a slightly longer clip from the movie, but is really a glorified mini music video instead. At least the music is tolerable!!

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http://www.cartoonjr.com/ever-after-high-coloring-pages/#commentsMon, 04 Aug 2014 21:57:41 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=2846I drew the Monster High coloring pages several years ago and they remain one of the most popular coloring page sets on Woo! Jr. The Ever After High dolls come from the same creative bunch at Mattel – in fact some of the Ever After High characters are related to the Monster High characters. I started drawing these coloring pages many, many months ago, and I see that they have added quite a few characters to the web series since then. So if there are any characters you are really in love with and aren’t here, please leave a comment so that I can draw her/him for you! No promises on timing, but I do take requests seriously and try to prioritize them accordingly.

The premise of Ever After High is a story about typical high school life – but with characters based on fairy tales. I think they are adorable. I don’t think the cliques and disagreements are adorable, but you can’t get through high school without that stuff, can you?

I know it has been *forever* since I’ve added a new set of hand-drawn coloring pages to this site. The reasons are boring, but the reason I”m back is exciting – I’m BACK! I have lots of fun content planned for the fall and I’ll also be bringing back a few of our old writers! I have a major technological headache on my hands with this site, though (it has been around since 2009 and the back end if extremely out of date). So I’m giving ya’ll a heads up there will be a little dust around here in the coming weeks, but it just means lots more fun content is on the way!

]]>http://www.cartoonjr.com/ever-after-high-coloring-pages/feed/1http://www.cartoonjr.com/ever-after-high-coloring-pages/How to Draw the Muppets – with Printable Diagramshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CartoonJr/~3/KYpLJUQlffg/
http://www.cartoonjr.com/how-to-draw-the-muppets-with-printable-diagrams/#commentsTue, 25 Feb 2014 18:41:54 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=2835Have you heard that a new Muppets movie is coming out in March 2014? I love The Muppets, not just because I was a Muppets Show junkie as a child. I’m probably most impressed with the fact that they have been able to stay interesting, funny, and relevant over several generations (sadly unlike another favorite, Charlie Brown). Muppets Most Wanted is the name of the new movie, and here’s the hilarious trailer:

Excitingly, the film features some of the absolute best comedians around (personal favorite Tina Fey, and Ricky Gervais!!) and is packed with cameos from a ton of stars. You can even catch Disney Channel’s Ross Lynch (AKA Austin Moon from Austin & Ally) at 1:46 in the trailer.

Today Disney sent me some really, really wonderful printables to promote the movie. I’m a sucker for instructions of how to draw favorite cartoon characters – they have always made me feel more accomplished and talented than I probably am! But really, they are not just fun, but they also are a great confidence booster for young beginner artists. As a sometimes-illustrator, I can say that the most frustrating thing about creating art is that the picture I get in my head isn’t always as good as the picture I can get out on paper. With step-by-step diagrams, these how to draw printables will give kids the recipe for drawing success and will give them more incentive to continue drawing!

How to Draw Kermit the Frog from The Muppets

How to Draw Miss Piggy from The Muppets

How to Draw Fozzie the Bear from The Muppets

How to Draw Animal from The Muppets

How to Draw Beaker from The Muppets

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http://www.cartoonjr.com/new-jungle-book-disney-printable-activities-for-kids/#commentsThu, 06 Feb 2014 21:26:12 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=2825Next week on February 11th, Disney is releasing The Jungle Book for the first time on Blu Ray and Digital. The movie is *ahem* older than I am – it was released in October of 1967. It was one of my favorite movies as a child, and I’ve even gotten my children to like it – which surprisingly is sometimes a problem. Kids these days are so spoiled with great entertainment and flawless special effects that the classic movies from decades ago seem to have a hard time making an impression. Just a few weeks ago my youngest daughter fell in love with The Bare Necessities song on YouTube and played it over and over again. There’s something to be said for that!

The folks at Disney sent me some new activity sheets to celebrate the movie rerelease in style. The first one is a printable craft. You’ll need thick paper, scissors, a pencil, stick or straw and tape.

Printable Craft Kaa the Snake from Disney's The Jungle Book - Click for full size printable image

Directions: Cut out the snake with scissors along the dotted line. Tape a pencil, stick or drinking straw to the bottom side of the head and let the rest of the body bounce underneath. You can use it as a puppet or pretend to hypnotize your friends with Kaa’s wild eyes!

The second is a printable maze and two super-simple picture sudoku puzzles. I’ve also created an answer key in case you might want to use this as a mini lesson plan!

Jungle Book printable maze and sudoku puzzles for kids - Click for full size printable worksheet

Meet the most unforgettable characters and embark on a thrilling adventure with Mowgli as he journeys deep into the jungle and learns “The Bare Necessities” of life from happy-go-lucky Baloo the bear. Meet Bagheera, the wise old panther, and crazy King Louie, the orangutan. But watch out for the cunning tiger Shere Khan and Kaa, the ssssneakiest snake in the jungle! The Jungle Book is available for pre-order now and goes on sale for real on February 11th, 2014.

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http://www.cartoonjr.com/sleeping-beauty-coloring-pages/#commentsThu, 05 Sep 2013 15:35:10 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=18Sleeping Beauty is one of my favorite Disney princesses, mostly because I remember being so incredibly enchanted with the Sleeping Beauty movie when I was a little girl. This is one of those old posts that had links to other places and that I recently drew up a set of coloring pages to add.

Most of us think of Disney when we think of Sleeping Beauty, but not everyone knows that the story is based on a very old tale written by Charles Perrault. Did you know that the original Sleeping Beauty story was written in 1697?! That dame is over 300 years old!! I had thought it was written by the Brothers Grimm, but in fact, they rewrote Charles Perrault’s literary tale instead.

There is also a second, and rather morbid part of the story that Perrault wrote. It was thankfully left out of most of the future versions of Sleeping Beauty. In it, after she and the prince marry, his mother tries to kill her and her children. I’m always interested in this kind of trivia – but I’m pretty darn sure I prefer the ‘happily ever after’ ending to something like that!!

]]>http://www.cartoonjr.com/sleeping-beauty-coloring-pages/feed/2http://www.cartoonjr.com/sleeping-beauty-coloring-pages/How to Draw Bambi and Thumperhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CartoonJr/~3/2KQAVr4qIZs/
http://www.cartoonjr.com/draw-bambi-and-thumper/#commentsSun, 24 Mar 2013 13:41:31 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=2241Bambi has always been one of my absolute favorite Disney characters, and I am beyond excited that it is coming out on a special edition DVD this week! I’m totally buying it. Disney has provided me with these incredible printables to pass along to you to commemorate the DVD release. Here are diagrams on how to draw Bambi and Thumper, his adorable bunny sidekick. There are also two printable picture frames for little artists to feature their work!

]]>http://www.cartoonjr.com/draw-bambi-and-thumper/feed/0http://www.cartoonjr.com/draw-bambi-and-thumper/Plants Vs. Zombies Coloring Pageshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CartoonJr/~3/7EI-57gEvfg/
http://www.cartoonjr.com/plants-vs-zombies-coloring-pages/#commentsSat, 23 Mar 2013 16:04:35 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=2493Our Angry Birds coloring pages are some of the most popular on this site, so I got to thinking about this the other day – what other games are as popular as Angry Birds? Well, not much, actually. Seems as though that video game has a lock on the top spot – at least for now! But when I looked at what other games my kids were playing, Plants Vs. Zombies was an instant hit that they came back to over and over again. It helps that the Plants and the Zombies are great characters that are both fun and funny to look at. And just the ludicrous idea of plants fighting in a zombie apocalypse is pretty hilarious in and of itself. So today I drew up some new Plants Vs. Zombies coloring pages – please enjoy them!

Plants Vs Zombies Coloring Page

Zombie Fighting Sunflower Coloring Page

Plants vs Zombies Zen Garden Coloring Page

Zombie Coloring Page

Zombie Peashooter Coloring Page

Plants vs Zombies Zombie Characters Coloring Page

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http://www.cartoonjr.com/here-comes-peter-cottontail-easter-coloring-pages/#commentsFri, 22 Mar 2013 21:24:12 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=2787Regular readers will know I have a fondness for retro cartoons and children’s specials. Back “then” (we won’t say when!!) we didn’t have 24/7 kids programming – just PBS in the mornings and if we were lucky, a holiday special on in the evening. I get crazy nostalgic when I get to watch them again as an adult – my kids? Not so much. I guess that animation and claymation has improved just a little bit in 30+ years!

The original Peter Cottontail Easter special was produced by the same team that did the other well known and loved claymation holiday specials in the 60’s and 70’s. Shows like Frosty the Snowman, Year Without a Santa Claus, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Peter Cottontail is the story of how Peter had to overcome many obstacles to become the Chief Easter Bunny, including vanquishing his nemesis Irontail in a Easter egg delivery contest. The story is set in the super-cute “April Valley” where all the Easter bunnies live and work. Here is where they color eggs, make Easter bonnets, and have a whole team of bunnies dedicated to carving chocolate, the two most famous are “Leonardo de Bittersweet” and “Milk Chocolate-Angelo”.

Peter Cottontail #1 Chief Easter Bunny coloring sheet

Peter Cottontail in his balloon flying machine coloring page

Peter Cottontail and Donna the girl bunny coloring page

Two of the Easter bunnies that live and work in April Valley

A Bunny Trail sign showing the way to Peter Cottontail's April Valley.

Peter Cottontail with an Easter basket and eggs in a pretty park

Seymour Sassafras is the narrator and host of the show.

This is "Milk Chocolate Angelo" the famous chocolate carving Easter Bunny of April Valley

Confusingly, the Peter Cottontail story – AKA, Peter Rabbit – is not the same Peter Rabbit as in the 1902 Beatrix Potter book “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”. This Peter Rabbit is from Thornton Burgess’ “Old Mother West Wind” book series. Peter Rabbit changes his name to Peter Cottontail because it made him sound more important. *Snicker* But even more confusingly, this stop-motion television special from 1971 bears little to no resemblance to the story on which it is based. I guess there’s a lot of room in this world for bunnies named Peter!

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http://www.cartoonjr.com/disneys-cinderella-coloring-pages/#commentsWed, 13 Feb 2013 22:59:29 +0000http://www.cartoonjr.com/?p=1883Cinderella seems to be the most popular Disney Princess of all – I can understand why! Who wouldn’t love to marry a prince and watch your enemies completely fail?! Love it! During Halloween, our Cinderella pumpkin stencil is one of the most frequently downloaded templates.